12-15-2015, 02:13 PM
Not a bomb, but you may have had an experience similar to the one that I did. In Chemistry my junior year, the teacher cut a 1/2" square chunk of solid sodium (preserved in oil) and placed it into a tank of water. It spun around in the water, and gave off hydrogen and it exploded, with the size and sound of a firecracker.
The next year, a brand new physics teacher decided to renew the experiment, but he cut off a tennis-ball sized chunk and dropped it into a water bin on top of a table. Every kid in the class had been in the prior year's chem class, and we all backed up to the wall. It took a long time to happen, but the BOOM (not bank) that resulted darkened our ceiling and brought the police and fire trucks. last time that experiment was tried in our school...
The next year, a brand new physics teacher decided to renew the experiment, but he cut off a tennis-ball sized chunk and dropped it into a water bin on top of a table. Every kid in the class had been in the prior year's chem class, and we all backed up to the wall. It took a long time to happen, but the BOOM (not bank) that resulted darkened our ceiling and brought the police and fire trucks. last time that experiment was tried in our school...
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